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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-police-and-criminal-evidence-act-1984-codes-of-practice-order-2004/article-2",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2004/0110493567",
  "legislation_title": "The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Codes of Practice) Order 2004",
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  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Revision of codes of practice",
  "text": "Subject to article 3, the revised codes of practice laid before Parliament on 27th May 2004 in connection with the matters referred to in–\n(a) section 60(1)(a) of the Act (tape recording of interviews with suspects– Code E);\n(b) section 60A(1)(a) of the Act (visual recording with sound of interviews with suspects – Code F);\n(c) section 66(1)(a) of the Act (exercise by police officers of statutory powers of stop and search – Code A);\n(d) section 66 (1)(b) of the Act–\n(i) (detention, treatment and questioning of persons by police officers – Code C); and\n(ii) (identification of persons by police officers – Code D);\n(e) section 66(1)(c) and (d) of the Act (searching of premises by police officers and the seizure of property found by police officers on persons or premises – Code B);\nshall come into operation on 1st August 2004.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2004/0110493567/article/2",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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